The complete book has ended with this, Vol. 3. Shaukat Sadiqui did an amazing work. In Vol.. 1, I was feeling that it's not as enlightening as Khuda ki Basti, but with the progression of the story, especially when I reached at middle of Vol.3, I felt that it was even more enlightening than Khuda ki Basti. Vol. 3 is my favourite one for many reasons:
The first reason is because of Lali. The writer totally backstaged the character of Lali in vol.2, and I was not expecting that vol.2 would only revolve around Rahim Daad. So, the resurfacing of Lali in volume 3 was extremely refreshing for me.
The second reason is because of the portrayal of factual and unbiased details of political turmoil in Pakistan at that time.
The third reason is because of the writer's concern for the common people. When you read volume 3, you will feel the comrade fatherly soul of the writer who just wants common people to understand about the political tactics, land reforms, corruption that is finely intricated in the whole hierarchy of power and especially about the zamindars and wadeeras who made their fortunes on the ashes of partition. He also highlighted the root causes of 1947's massacre of Muslims, Sikhs and Hindus and also explained in detail how zamindars, who were also members of the assemblies, made their fortunes on this horror.
The ending was tragic, in fact, it was extremely tragic, but I don't mind tragic endings because I think life is itself a tragic incident that happens to every individual. So it's fine.